'He's got his own rhythm, his own way of doing it'

Stars Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera and Mia Threapleton talk about working on Wes Anderson's espionage black comedy The Phoenician Scheme

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When she was 13 years old, actress Mia Threapleton wrote in a note, after watching the Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom, that she would really love to work with the acclaimed American director one day.

Fast forward a decade or so and that dream has become a reality.

The 24-year-old, who is the daughter of Titanic star Kate Winslet and director and artist Jim Threapleton, is among the talent starring in Anderson's latest film, the Fifties-set comedy thriller, The Phoenician Scheme.

Threapleton, whose other credits so far include starring in Channel 4's I Am Ruth alongside her Oscar-winning mother, and Apple TV+ period series The Buccaneers, recalls being overcome by emotion during the Cannes Film Festival recently where Anderson's film received a seven-minute-long standing ovation.

"I think it was, this is the biggest thing that I've ever done," she says seated alongside her co-stars, Traffic and 21 Grams actor Benicio del Toro and Canadian actor Michael Cera, of Juno fame.

"I never thought that this would ever happen. I've said this a few times recently, that a week and a half ago, I was at home going through some old boxes, and I literally found from 2013, little me, aged 13, writing, 'Watching Moonrise Kingdom again bloody love this film, would really love to work with Wes Anderson one day."

Her teenage ambitions are no different to those of other big-name talent, as through the years, A-listers have consistently flocked to work with Anderson, with the roll-call for his films bearing testament to his popularity.